HC Deb 06 December 1977 vol 940 cc647-8W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the total social security benefits available to the household of a severely disabled housewife, cared for by an unmarried daughter of employable age for at least 35 hours a week, requiring constant attention, unable to walk and do her own housework and whose husband earns £20,000 a year.

Mr. Orme

It is impossible to give the total amount which might be available to such a household by way of social security benefits without additional information such as the age of the housewife and whether she has the appropriate national insurance contributions to qualify for a contributory benefit. However, the following is a list of benefits which, if the qualifying conditions were satisfied, might be available to the household:

Weekly basic benefit
£
Sickness Benefit (married women) 10.50*
Invalidity Benefit 17.50*
Non-Contributory Invalidity Pension for Married Women 10.50*
Attendance Allowance—higher rate 14.00
or
lower rate 9.30
Mobility Allowance 7.00‡
Industrial Injury Benefit 17.45*
Industrial Disablement Benefit: 100 per cent, rate (lesser assessments pro rata) 28.60§ ║
Invalid Care Allowance‡ 10.50

Notes

* The total amount payable could not exceed the highest of these benefits.

† In addition to the invalidity pension of £17.50 there may also be payable an invalidity allowance at one of the following rates: £3.70, £2.30, £1.15.

‡Taxable benefits.

§ Other allowances may be paid with disablement benefit.

║ Disablement benefit may replace injury benefit.

Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the total social security benefits apart from State retirement pension available to a housewife over 60 years of age, severely disabled, and cared for by her husband for at least 35 hours a week, unable to walk and do her own housework, both of whom are entirely dependant on the State retirement pension of £28 a week.

Mr. Alfred Morris

It is impossible to give the total amount which might be available to such a housewife without additional information. However, the following benefits might be available to the housewife if the qualifying conditions were satisfied:

£
Attendance Allowance (Higher Rate) 14.00
or (Lower Rate) 9.30
Industrial Disablement Benefit 100 per cent, rate 28.60(1)

Notes

1 Other allowances may be paid with disablement benefits.

2. The husband might well be entitled to supplementary benefit for the couple's joint requirements.

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